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fustet
[fuh-
stet
]
/fʌˈstɛt/
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noun
1.
the smoke tree,
Cotinus coggygria.
2.
Also called
young fustic
. the dyewood of this tree.
Origin of
fustet
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French
Provençal
Spanish
1815-1825
1815-25;
<
French
<
Provençal
<
Spanish
fustete,
by association with
fuste
stick. See
fustic
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fustet
, fus′tet, n. the smoke-tree or Venetian sumach, or its wood.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
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